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Sacaline is said to have come from the island of 

 Saghalin or Sakhahn, in the sea of Okhotsk, between 

 Japan and Siberia. It is shrub-Hke and leafy in its 

 habit of growth. It is more commonly propagated 

 by means of root cuttings. It is of more than one 

 variety, and this fact may be measurably responsible 

 for the almost universal condemnation given to it in 

 America. In some parts of Europe it has found no 

 little favor. In the meantime the farmers of this 

 continent will do well to leave sacaline in the hands 

 of the agricultural experiment stations. 



THE PEANUT. 



The peanut (Arachis hypogaca) is variously 

 known by such names as goober, earth nut, ground 

 nut, pindar, ground pea, jar nut, manilla nut and 

 monkey nut. It is an annual and belongs to the 

 Pulse family. The habit of the growth is trailing 

 The branches are numerous and likewise the leaves. 

 The latter bear no little resemblance to clover leaves. 

 After blossoming, the little pods bend down and 

 thrust themselves into the ground. The cultivation 

 adopted still further aids in burying the fruit of this 

 plant. It matures, therefore, below the surface of 

 tlae ground. Within the shell or kernel one, two or 

 three irregularly ovoid-shaped seeds are produced. 



The peanut is a tropical or sub-tropical plant 

 and is adapted only to warm climates. Botanists 

 are not agreed as to whether it is a native of Africa 

 or America. For a long time it has been much 

 grown in America, Africa, India, China, and the 

 islands of the Malayan archipelago. It can be 

 ^rown in fairly good form in all the states of th^ 



